a hard bank left and a dive. and layers to did distract heat seeker missiles. a pair of ukrainian helicopters on an assault against russian forces close to bakmut. around the border, we should be careful. we should fly very low altitude to prevent our recognition. below trenches, and east ukrainian villages smashed by war. back from this sorti, this forward base is secret, as low profile as possible. the mi8 helicopters are refueled and rearmed. they expect to fly at least 3sortis a day. when you took off this morning, were you frightened? why ? well, because the russians want to kill you. we don t have any other choice than to fight the russians. if you re frightened, you should stay at home. that s not an option here. this soviet era helicopter is about 30-years-old. the threat against it is extreme and as a result of that, we re are gone to fly quite literally below the night of trees, climbing and dipping with every piece of woodland that we pass. built as
one-year mark. cnn is on the ground in kyiv and moscow. the bodies said to be piling up. also tonight, five former memphis police officers plead not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the fatal beating of tieyre nichols. his mother at the hearing and said they could not look her in the eye. i ll speak to ben crump this hour. rick scott backing down from a controversial plan dropping social security and medicare provisions after bipartisan backlash including president biden s direct attack during the state of the union address. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment today. i m pamela brown and you re the situation room . and we begin this hour on the front lines in ukraine. a new round of russian shelling adding to the mounting toll of death and destruction after nearly a full year of war. cnn senior national security correspondent alex march alex marquardt is there. reporter: it is a critical
it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, hello everyone. new developments into the investigation of the four americans abducted in mexico. officials say one person has been detained after two victims were found dead earlier today. the two others were found alive and back in the u.s. translator: two of them were dead, and two has no injury and eric has has been shot, and was injured in his leg. both have been given medical treatment at the clinic. all four were found at what appears to be a medical clinic in a border town of matamoros. one survivor suffered a bullet wound to the leg, the other not injured. the group went missing after traveling to mexico from south carolina so that one of them, a mother of six, could under go a medical procedure, that s according to family members. the victims got lost and reached out to the doctor s office for directions but struggled with poor cell phone service. authorities say that s when a group of unidentified gunman shot a
The coast of myrtle beach, South Carolina. Tonight, military crews are jam bling to recover the wreckage, and china is responding angrily. Meanwhile, President Biden says he and u. S. Military leaders decided to wait until the balloon completed its crosscountry journey and was safely overwater before shooting it down. Listen to this. On wednesday when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. Cnn has Team Coverage of this extraordinary moment in u. S. China relations. I want to start with cnns Orin Lieberman over at the palm. Walk us through what happened earlier today. This was days of planning to get to this point, to figure out how best to shoot this balloon down and where best to shoot this balloon down. In the end, the Department Of Defense recommended waiting until it was out overwater and the prevailing winds over the United States, especially over the course of the past day, took it out over the waters of north and S
developments this morning following the military s shootdown of the suspected chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi analyzing the pieces of the balloon as china sends a warning to the white house. our team is covering this story from multiple angels. plus, new details on that train derailment that sparked a massive fire in eastern ohio. officials now saying train cars contained hazardous materials. the latest on that cleanup effort. and the fbi offering a $25,000 reward for information about the attacks on two power substations. why officials say these stations are increasingly being targeted by extremist groups. and could artificial intelligence soon put us all out of work? you may want to polish your resumé. it s all ahead on cnn this morning. we are starting another week and we are grateful to have you. it is sunday, february 5th. thanks so much for waking up with us. amara, i don t think as much attention has been paid to a balloon since tha